Thank for clarifying ‘the similar wins’ point. You seem to imply that these coaching/software/ops support/etc. wins compound on each other.
On the shared Asana space, I’ll keep checking in with the EA Netherlands/Rethink/CE coaches working with EA groups/charity start-ups on how time-(in)efficient/(in)convenient it is to keep track of team tasks with the leaders they are mentoring.
From my limited experience, a shared coaching GDoc already works reasonably well for that:
Upside: Everyone uses GDoc. Easy to co-edit texts + comment-assign questions and tasks that pop up in email inbox. On the other hand, the attentional burden of one party switching over to the other’s task management system to track say biweekly check-ins over half a year doesn’t seem worth it.
Downsides: GDocs easily suck away the first ten minutes of a call when you need to update each other on two weeks of progress in one swoop. It also relies on the leader/coach actively reminding each other to check medium-term outcomes and key results. This ‘update/remind factor’ felt like a demotivating drag for me in my coach or accountability check-ins – all with people who I didn’t see day to day and therefore lacked a shared context with.
The way you arrange the format together seems key here. Also, you’d want to be careful about sharing internal data – for Asana, I recommend leaders to invite coaches comment-only to projects, rather than entire teams.
On other software or services, curious if any ‘done deals’ come to mind for you.
Regarding your forecasting platform, I’m curious if anything comes to mind on fitting forecasts there with EA project planning over the next years.
Thank for clarifying ‘the similar wins’ point. You seem to imply that these coaching/software/ops support/etc. wins compound on each other.
On the shared Asana space, I’ll keep checking in with the EA Netherlands/Rethink/CE coaches working with EA groups/charity start-ups on how time-(in)efficient/(in)convenient it is to keep track of team tasks with the leaders they are mentoring.
From my limited experience, a shared coaching GDoc already works reasonably well for that:
Upside: Everyone uses GDoc. Easy to co-edit texts + comment-assign questions and tasks that pop up in email inbox. On the other hand, the attentional burden of one party switching over to the other’s task management system to track say biweekly check-ins over half a year doesn’t seem worth it.
Downsides: GDocs easily suck away the first ten minutes of a call when you need to update each other on two weeks of progress in one swoop. It also relies on the leader/coach actively reminding each other to check medium-term outcomes and key results. This ‘update/remind factor’ felt like a demotivating drag for me in my coach or accountability check-ins – all with people who I didn’t see day to day and therefore lacked a shared context with.
The way you arrange the format together seems key here. Also, you’d want to be careful about sharing internal data – for Asana, I recommend leaders to invite coaches comment-only to projects, rather than entire teams.
On other software or services, curious if any ‘done deals’ come to mind for you.
Regarding your forecasting platform, I’m curious if anything comes to mind on fitting forecasts there with EA project planning over the next years.